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HOUSE BILL 1120

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Rockefeller, Cox, Talcott, Quall, Santos, Haigh, Anderson, McDermott, Schindler, D. Schmidt, Pearson, Keiser and Jackley

Read first time 01/17/2001.  Referred to Committee on Education.

_1      AN ACT Relating to the conditional employment of teachers with

_2  lapsed certifications; and reenacting and amending RCW

_3  28A.410.010.

_4  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

_5      Sec. 1.  RCW 28A.410.010 and 1992 c 159 s 3 and 1992 c 60 s 2 are

_6  each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

_7      (1) The state board of education shall establish, publish, and

_8  enforce rules ((and regulations)) determining eligibility for and

_9  certification of personnel employed in the common schools of this

10  state, including certification for emergency or temporary,

11  substitute or provisional duty and under such certificates or

12  permits as the board shall deem proper or as otherwise prescribed

13  by law((.)) subject to the following conditions:

14      (a) The rules shall require that the initial application for

15  certification shall require a record check of the applicant

16  through the Washington state patrol criminal identification system

17  and through the federal bureau of investigation at the applicant's

18  expense.  The record check shall include a fingerprint check using a

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_1  complete Washington state criminal identification fingerprint

_2  card.  The superintendent of public instruction may waive the record

_3  check for any applicant who has had a record check within the two

_4  years before application.

_5      (b) The rules shall permit a holder of a lapsed certificate who

_6  has separated from service with a school district or approved

_7  private school located in the state of Washington to be employed

_8  on a conditional basis for a maximum of two years by a school

_9  district or approved private school under the following

10  conditions:

11      (i) The holder's certificate has not been suspended or revoked;

12      (ii) The holder has successfully completed state-mandated

13  background checks;

14      (iii) The holder's certificate lapsed no more than eight years

15  before the holder is reemployed under this section;

16      (iv) The holder has a letter of recommendation from the school

17  district or approved private school of last employment;

18      (v) The holder must complete any certificate renewal

19  requirements established by the state board of education within

20  two years of initial reemployment, and must file with the employer

21  a written plan for achieving the requirements within the allotted

22  time; and

23      (vi) If hired by a school district, the holder shall be

24  employed under a one-year provisional contract that may be renewed

25  no more than once.  The holder must make satisfactory progress

26  toward the achievement of the certificate renewal requirements

27  before the provisional contract may be renewed.

28      (2) In establishing rules pertaining to the qualifications of

29  instructors of American sign language the state board shall

30  consult with the national association of the deaf, "sign

31  instructors guidance network" (s.i.g.n.), and the Washington state

32  association of the deaf for evaluation and certification of sign

33  language instructors.

34      (3) The superintendent of public instruction shall act as the

35  administrator of any such rules ((and regulations)) and have the

36  power to issue any certificates or permits and revoke the same in

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_1  accordance with board rules ((and regulations)).

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